@marib: Interestingly enough I watched a Prolia commercial this weekend and examined what it said. The side effects took longer to list than anything positive, but what I looked at was what many of us should think about; what REALLY is our risk of a fall leading to a broken bone? If you don't climb stairs or hold a banister when you do, if you don't have small children or dogs with toys to trip over, if you don't live around or walk on ice, if you hold on to a shopping cart in a grocery store to avoid wet floors and slippery conditions, if you do exercise as much as possible.....then what really IS your risk of fracture, compared to risking the side effects of these drugs? I don't know the answer, but I find that MOST pharmaceuticals have known and hidden side effects, and natural treatments often work as well if not better.